Cotton-chopper.



C. L. FERRIOTT.

COTTON SHOPPER.

APPLICATION HLBD 13.16, 190s.

Patented NOV. 3, 1908.

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c. L. P'BRRIOTT.

' COTTON CHOFER APPLICATION FILED APB. 16, 1908.

Patented Nov.3,1908.

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COTTON CHOPPER.

APPLIUATION FILED APR. 1e. 190s.

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CHARLES L. FERRIOTT, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY DIRECT AND MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, OF THREE-TEN'IHS TO .I AMES BREEN, THREE-TENTHS TO B. L. DILLINGHAM, TWO-TENTHS TO CHARLES ROGAN, ONE-TENTH TO A. J. EILERS, AND ONE-TENIH TO J OE S. WOOTEN,

ALL OF AUSTIN, TEXAS.

COTTON-CHOPPER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, CHARLES L. FERRIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Austin, in the county of Travis and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cotton-Chop ers; and I do declare the following to be a ull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved cotton chopper or cultivator, and the object thereof is to provide a simply constructed implement of this character in which the plows are arranged in two gangs, controlled by diHerent levers whereby they may be raised and lowered independently of each other for cleaning and other purposes.

Another object is to mount the plows or shovels adjustably on their respective beams and to adjustably mount the beams on the frame whereby the plows may be adjusted longitudinally relatively to the beams and laterally relatively to each other.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the machine, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation, Fig. 3 is a transverse section taken on line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

In the embodiment illustrated, the machine is shown mounted on two wheels on stub axles 1 and 2, on which is supported an approximately rectangular frame 3, the front bar of which is slotted longitudinally throughout its length for a purpose to be described. This front bar 4, and the rear bar 5 of the frame 3 are preferably braced by means of cross bars 6 and 7, which'connect them intermediately of their ends, and the frame is further braced by means of bars 8 and 9 bolted at one end to the front bar 4 at, opposite ends and secured at their other ends to the draft tongue 10. The rear end of the tongue 10 is connected with the rear bar 5 of the frame 3 by outwardly bowed bars 11 and 12, and the tongue 10 passes over the front bar 4 and is secured thereto by means of a bolt 13. Suitable draft means are carried by the tongue 10, and a brace rod 14 connects the stub axles 1 and 2 and tends to strengthen the frame.

A seat 15 is suitably supported on the frame 3, and two quadrants and levers 16 and 17 are disposed on opposite sides thereof and are provided with brackets 18 and 19, having screw threaded bolts 20 and 21 mounted therein and provided at their lower ends with hooks 22 and 23, for engagementv with one end of pull springs as 24, which are connected at their other ends to the frame. These screw bolts have hand wheels threaded on their upper ends for regulating the tension of the springs 24.

A plurality of plow beams as 30 are mounted for longitudinal adjustment on the front bar 4, by means of forked hangers as 31 and said beams are preferably made in the form of obtuse angles. One end of each beam 30 is pivotally mounted between the arms of one of the forks of a hanger 31, and these hangers each have a screw threaded stem as 32, which projects through the slot in the bar 4 and is secured in adjusted position thereon by means of a nut as 33. These beams as 30 are connected in two gangs by means of longitudinally slotted bars 34 and 35. These bars connect the rearwardly extending horizontally disposed arms as 30 of the beams 30 bymeans of U-shaped bolts or clips 36, which pass around the beam arms as 30, and the screw threaded free ends of these bolts pass through the slots in the bars 34 and 35, and are provided with nuts as 37 and 38, for holdigng the beams in adjusted position on the ars.

Shovels or plows as 39 are adjustable longitudinally of the arms 30 by means of clamps as 40, which engage the standards41 of the shovels, and by means of which theV shovels may be adjusted at any desired point on the arms 30', and at any desired height relatively to said arms 30. These shovels as 39 are preferably pivoted to the standards or stems 41, and have cushioning springs as 42 arranged on rods as 43, and the tension of these springs is regulated by nuts as 44 on the rods 43.

The bars 34 and 35 are provided with hooks as 45, which are connected by chains to the levers 16 and 17 respectively by means of which the gangs may be raised or lowered independently of each other. It will be seen that by this arrangement the plow carrying beams may be adjusted longitudinally on the the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and theminordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple or sacriiicing any of the advantages of this invention as deiined in the appended claims.

I claim as ymy invention:

l. In a cultivator, the combination of a supporting structure having a front member slotted longitudinally throughout its length, a plurality of obtuse angled plow beams, forked hangers pivotally connected with one end of said beams and having a screw threaded stem extending from the slot in said front member and provided with a nut to secure them in adjusted position, means adn justably connecting the other ends of said beams ingangs, and means for raising and lowering said gangs independently of each l other.

k2. In a cultivator, the combination of a supporting structure, connected plow beams pivotally connected at one end with said structure, an upright bracket mounted on said structure and having a laterally extending apertured arm, a toothed quadrant carried by said bracket, a lever pivoted intermediately of its ends to said bracket near the lower end thereof and having a handle at its upperI end, a screw threaded bolt mounted in said apertured arm and having a hook at its lower end and a hand wheel screw threaded on its other end, a pull spring connected at one end with the lower end of said lever and with the hooked end of said bolt, said handwheel being designed to regulate the tension of said pull spring.

3. In a cultivator, the combination of a supporting framea plurality of plow beams pivotally mounted at one end on said frame, a bar engaged with said beams to connect them, plows carried by said beams, a vertically disposed bracket mounted on said frame and provided with a toothedquadrant, a lever pivoted intermediately of its ends to the lower end of said bracket and having a spring-pressed dog for engagement with said quadrant, a pull spring connected at one end with one end of said lever and at its other end with said bracket, a handle at the free end of said lever, and means connecting the end of said lever to which said spring is connected with thebar connecting the plow beams, said pull springV serving to assist in raising the plows.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses. A j

CHARLES L. FERRIOTT. Witnesses:

CHARLES RoGAN, B. L. DILLI'NGHAM. 

